Sunday, 29 May 2011

The view is looking West on the TransPennine Trail that is the new use for the line of the former Godley to Apethorn railway.

This is not the bridge that links Peel Street with Mansfield Road, as I thought when I first posted this, but the Stockport Road bridge. Thanks to Dave Williams for correcting me.

What, you may ask, is carried in that pipeline supported by the bridge? Well I don't know. I do know that there are various other pipeline bridges across railways and streams and doubtless they link up with each other somewhere.

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Rutherford Close off Railway Street is an estate of modern houses built on a former railway goods yard.

The Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill (Marple) railway line still runs at the back of the houses.

In the background, beyond the railway, can be seen one of the warehouses that is part of the Adamson Industrial Estate. The one in view is dated 1898 but others are older and on the other side the warehouses overlook the Peak Forest Canal.

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Built in the 1920s as a Child Welfare Centre and known as Parsonage Street clinic. It specialised in post-operative physiotherapy with patients referred for treatment via their GPs. It is now known as Hyde Physiotherapy Centre and treats private as well as NHS patients.

Thursday, 12 May 2011

In 1858 the Manor House was sold to John Chapman, Member of Parliament for Grimsby. A local farm-house was turned into a pub and became the Chapman Arms in his honour. It was demolished and replaced in 1967.

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

"The Highland Shepherdess" is one of nine pieces of needlework worked by Queen Adelaide herself and donated to a bazaar held in 1835 to raise funds for a school in Hyde. It was purchased by a member of the Tinker family and passed down through the family into the possession of Margaret (Peggy) Tinker. She has generously passed this artefact into the custody of St George's Church.

The church hope to have it restored in due course.

Queen Adelaide was born in 1792. She married William, Duke of Clarence in 1818. He reigned as King William IV from 1830 until 1837. Queen Adelaide died in 1849.

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

The remains of Charlotte House, a care home on Albert Road. It caught fire in the early hours of the 16th December 2010. The home was in the process of being closed down and only a few residents were still living there. They all escaped safely but the building now faces demolition.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

It's that cat again; the one I showed you under K for Kitty, this time posing under a tub of pansies in the Market Place.

This was taken two or three weeks ago. I was given to understand that it was one of pair that lived in the back of the M&M discount store in Clarendon Place. Since then the store has been closed (seemingly shut out by the landlord for defaulting on the lease or something).

I've seen one of the cats since and it was looking a bit on the thin side but still wandering around the market place.